Hickey’s three-round 2-under 214 (73-71-70) paced the Colonials to sixth out of 13 teams with an 11-over 875 (297-287-291) on the par-72, Heron Bay Golf Club layout.

Charlotte captured its seventh team title in the last eight years with a 20-under 844. Charlotte sophomore Raoul Menard claimed medalist honors in the 65-golfer field with a 9-under 207 (67-71-69).

Hickey, a Savannah Christian graduate, registered five birdies on Sunday to post the lowest round of his rookie season for the second straight day. He led the Colonials with 12 birdies over three rounds.

“Howard was spectacular, and I’m particularly proud of his play over the last three tournaments,” GWU coach Terry Shaffer said. “He has showed great character and consistency to finish out his freshman season.”

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Appeal board upholds penalties against Penske

CONCORD, N.C. — A three-member appeals board upheld NASCAR’s sweeping penalties against Penske Racing on Wednesday for a failed inspection last month at Texas, and team owner Roger Penske vowed to take the ruling to the series’ highest level.

The three-member National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel unanimously upheld all penalties levied against the organization, including defending champion Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, over confiscated parts in the rear suspensions of the drivers’ Fords. NASCAR chief appellate officer John Middlebrook will hear Penske’s final appeal next Tuesday.

“Obviously a disappointing outcome with the panel,” Penske said. “We have a good case and we are allowed under the NASCAR rules in the rule book to appeal this to the next level. We’ve notified NASCAR that we will appeal this ruling today to the next level.”

Penske declined to discuss much of the case because the team will argue again Tuesday before Middlebrook. But he has previously said the team was working in a gray area of the rule book when NASCAR confiscated the parts. NASCAR docked both drivers 25 points, fined the two crew chiefs $100,000 each and suspended seven Penske team members.

Pat Summitt to remain Vols’ head coach emeritus

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Summitt will continue in her role as the Tennessee head coach emeritus on Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick’s staff next season.

The university announced Wednesday that Summitt had agreed to a one-year contract that will pay her $85,000, less than a quarter of the $354,375 she received for the same role last year.

In her role as head coach emeritus last season, Summitt attended most practices and watched virtually every home game from the stands. She also mentored players and coaches and assisted in on-campus recruiting.

Summitt stepped down as the Tennessee head coach in April 2012, one year after announcing she had early-onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type. She posted a 1,098-208 record and led Tennessee to eight national titles and 18 Final Four appearances in 38 seasons. Summitt has since devoted much of her attention to her work with the Pat Summitt Foundation, which is dedicated to fighting Alzheimer’s disease.

Chiefs send Arenas to Cardinals for Sherman

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs thinned out a crowded defensive backfield by trading Javier Arenas to Arizona on Wednesday for fullback Anthony Sherman, who didn’t appear to fit with new Cardinals coach Bruce Arians’ offense.

An undersized cornerback better suited to nickel and dime packages, Arenas moved into the Chiefs’ starting lineup part of last season when they decided to cut starter Stanford Routt.

Arenas finished the season with 59 tackles and one forced fumble. He wound up making 12 starts in 47 games over three seasons with Kansas City. The former second-round draft pick had two interceptions while also returning punts and kickoffs.

The Chiefs have aggressively remolded their defensive backfield this offseason, luring free agents Dunta Robinson and Sean Smith to compete for the cornerback job opposite Brandon Flowers. They also picked Georgia defensive back Sanders Commings in the fifth round of last weekend’s draft.

It’s possible that Commings could shift from cornerback to safety.

The Chiefs also drafted a fullback in the sixth round in Braden Wilson, who played nearby at Kansas State. But that evidently didn’t deter new general manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid from acquiring Sherman from the Cardinals.

“A personnel guy’s job is never done, but right now I feel pretty good about going into camp,” Dorsey said recently. “For the most part, I feel like the way we are going to camp, we are 95 percent there. This is kind of the way we are going to go to camp.”

Sherman was used primarily as a blocking back under former Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt. He caught 13 passes for 111 yards and carried just once for three yards over two seasons.